Perhaps I expect too much from it in that regard. Although the art and sheer amount of milestones set Sakura Clicker a step above other games like it, it ultimately does nothing to advance the frontier of the genre. There is no story, no characterization, no rhyme or reason here, as there, you click for the sole purpose of clicking more efficiently.
If you played Cookie Clicker or its numerous clones, your eye is twitching right now as those repressed memories of wasted time come rushing back like yesterday’s moonshine.
The creators of Pyrite Heart and the Sakura line of visual novels recently graced the PC with a new exclusive: Sakura Clicker. How little gameplay can a game have before it ceases to qualify as one? Winged Cloud seem to be hellbent on exploring that question.
